Others wonder if Obama might even try to subtly undermine Netanyahu’s reelection campaign. “Netanyahu took a huge risk, one that no other prime minister has ever dared take. He bet on one of the candidates in the American presidential campaign,†said Raviv Drucker, a political analyst for Israel’s Channel 10 News. “But the gamble failed and now he has to contend with the results,†he told Israel’s Army Radio.
Netanyahu, whose relationship with Obama has been fraught since their first summit meeting in 2009, denies having taken sides. Some members of his ruling coalition rushed to make clear they’re not disappointed by Obama’s victory.
“I think he’ll be a very good president for Israel,†said Danny Ayalon, the deputy foreign minister.
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